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The Growth of Liquor Consumption

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 19, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 44.

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The Growth of Liquor Consumption

The consumption of liquor in the United States has far outstripped the growth of population. The number of gallons of liquor consumed yearly has increased as follows: 1840, 71,000,000; 1850, 94,000,000; 1860, 202,000,000; 1870, 293,000,000; 1880, 506,000,000; 1883, 655,000,000. While the population has only trebled in the last forty years, the consumption of liquor is ten times greater than it was then; and the amount of money expended in its purchase shows a still greater proportional increase, being annually in excess of $900,000,000.